After a short run with his previous coffee sponsor, Kevin Porter has changed things up once again and is now riding and working for Metropolis Coffee. You can check out a full Q&A about this change with Kevin over on the DIG website.
Firsts: Fat Tony
Interview by Mark Noble
This instalment of our FIRSTS series with media guys in the BMX game is with none other than Fat Tony. Fat has been living the dream and changing his game for a good deal of years now, and shows no sign of letting up. I distinctly recall his package of photos with Terry Adams landing on my old desk back in the old magazine days, and we just knew we had to blow out the article as big as possible – the selection of images with Terry were definitely not your typical set of photos, and it was one of the most photogenic articles we ran back in the heydays of the mag. Shortly after that, he started working full-time at Ride BMX in Southern California and the rest is history – “I started learning to shoot proper photos around 2004, and started getting published in 2005. Then I started working at Ride in June 2006.”
So what is Fat Tony up to now? “Nowadays I am working for myself full time. I do a lot of video production for Alli Sports. I am also the BMX team manager for Freegun Underwear in the US, so I do photos and videos for them. Most of my photo work these days comes from contests. For example: I’ll go to X Games and shoot for Fox, Monster, Mongoose, and DC Shoes so they all have photos for their web sites and social networks, then I’ll sell individual photos from the event to brands like DK and Specialized for catalogs, ads, etc. And I am also starting to announce contests and demos… on camera and microphone stuff.”
Busy times indeed. Let’s find out how he started in all this, and rewind the clock with Fat’s own FIRSTS.
Just For Fun Road Trip Edit
Check out this rad edit from a trip that Mike “Hucker” Clark, Drew Bezanson, Zak Earley, Josh Clemens and Ronnie Napolitan took last summer to the Northwest for some riding, camping and good times for GoPro. This looks like it was such an awesome trip. Check it out… Oh, and they even bumped into Chase Hawk for a few clips too.
Northern Embassy – “Embajada En Barcelona” Remix – Mix Section
The Northern Embassy have released another remixed section from their “Embajada En Barcelona” DVD they released a while back. This mix section features some real good riding from Luke Santucci, Sean Cooke, Prashant Gopal, Jeremy Deme, Albert Krolikowski, Cory Beal and Ryan Hiebert. Check it!
Tech As Shit – Benson Skatepark Session
The Tech As Shit crew are back at it again. This time around Matt Gistinger, Andrew Coleman and Chance Davis made their way to the Benson, Arizona skatepark to get some riding time in. They left the place with some solid clips that you can check out in the edit above.
Filmed and edited by Matt Gistinger
ART BMX Magazine – Issue 0 – Online
The original issue of ART BMX Magazine is now online and converted to English for your reading pleasure. Give this magazine a look in all its glory right here, right now, for free.
Daniel “Wolfman” Clifford Power Hour
I wasn’t sure what Daniel “Wolfman” Clifford would be able to come up with for his Power Hour and in all honesty was pretty blown away by some of the riding he produces in this. He definitely has a big bag of tricks to work with. Take a peek.
“Daniel Clifford, aka Wolfman, asked me to film a PowerHour for him in the city, so we planed a day and just committed to it. This is beyond rad, mad respect for this guy!!!!
Get keen to see more.
Filmed and Edited by : Liam Zammit“
Jon Hughes – Farewell Chenga 57 Edit
Another legendary Midwest park has closed its doors after years of giving guys like Jon Hughes a place to ride when the weather wasn’t cooperating. Jon wanted to say farewell by filming one last edit there. Looks like he was able to learn quite a few things with his time he spent there over the years.
“Filmed by Joe Banks
Jon Hughes throwing down some huge tricks in final days of CHENgA 57. His unique style and insane bag of tricks were all learned at 57 and it shows, R.I.P. 57.” – Nathan Silva
